Towel rail

ABSTRACT

Towel rail in accordance with the present invention has a bracket, a support and a pin. The bracket has multiple mounds defined on the bracket. The support is pivotally attached to the bracket and is arcuate. When users use the towel rail in accordance with the present invention, towels and clothes hangers will not touch wall because of the arcuate support. When users do not use the towel rail, they can fold the towel rail near a wall to decrease the total volume and easily stored.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to a towel rail, and moreparticularly to a towel rail on which a practical quantity of clothes ortowels can be conveniently hung in use yet the towel rail can be reducedto minimum space occupation.

[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0004] A conventional towel rail is usually set in bathroom for hangingtowels or clothes but has the following shortcomings:

[0005] 1. The length of the conventional towel rail is limited andaccordingly restricts the quantity of towels to be hung thereon to anunpractical amount;

[0006] 2. The width of the conventional towel rail is limited and is notconvenient for clothes hangers to be hung thereon as the clothes hangerstouch wall and thus hang at an awkward angle at which the clothes mayfall off the hangers; and

[0007] 3. The conventional towel rail can not be folded so the volume ofthe conventional towel rail is limited to save space.

[0008] A towel rail in accordance with the present invention obviates ormitigates the aforementioned problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0009] The primary objective of the towel rail in accordance with thepresent invention is to provide a towel rail having a large area onwhich to hang towels and clothes, and yet can be easily stored.

[0010] To achieve the objective, the towel rail in accordance with thepresent invention has a base, a hanging bracket and a pivot pin. Thebase has multiple protrusion pieces formed on the base. The hangingbracket is pivotally attached to the base and is arcuate. The pivot pinis screwed through the base and the hanging bracket.

[0011] When users use the towel rail in accordance with the presentinvention, towels and clothes hangers will not touch wall because of thearcuate hanging bracket. When users do not use the towel rail, they canfold the towel rail nearer to the wall to decrease the total volume.

[0012] Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the inventionwill become more apparent from the following detailed description whentaken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a towel rail in accordance withthe present invention;

[0014]FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial exploded perspective view of thetowel rail in FIG. 1;

[0015]FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial plan view of the towel rail in FIG.1;

[0016]FIG. 4 is an operational perspective view of the towel rail inFIG. 1; and

[0017]FIG. 5 is an operational perspective view of the towel rail whenthe towel rail is folded.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0018] With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, a towel rail in accordance withthe present invention comprises a bracket (10), a support (20) and a pin(30).

[0019] The bracket (10) is U-shaped and has a body (11), two end pieces(12), two domed protrusions (121), multiple fixing holes (110) andmultiple mounds (111). The body (11) has a top edge (not numbered), abottom edge (not numbered), two parallel ends (not numbered) and aninside surface (not numbered). The end pieces (12) are integrally formedwith the parallel ends of the body (11) and extend parallel to eachother in a same direction. Multiple fixing holes (110) are definedthrough the body (11). Multiple mounds (111) are formed on the insidesurface of the body (11) and are arranged in a transverse line. Athrough hole (120) is defined through each end piece (12). The throughhole (120) defined in each end piece (12) is aligned with the throughhole (120) defined in the other end piece (12). The locations of thethrough holes (120) are lower than the mounds (111). The domedprotrusions (121) are respectively mounted on the end pieces (12) nearthe top edge, and the domed protrusions (121) are aligned with eachother.

[0020] The support (20) has two bent rods (21), a cross member (notnumbered) and an arm (22). Each bent rod (21) has a short portion (210)and a long portion (not numbered). The short portions (210) of the bentrods (21) are parallel with each other, and the long portions of thebent rods (21) are obliquely extended from the short portion. The crossmember is securely attached between the short portions of the bent rods(21). A hole (211) is defined through the short portion (210) of eachbent rod (21) and near the free end of the short portion (210). Theholes (211) are aligned with the through holes (120). The arm (22) isarcuate and has an inside surface. The long portions of the bent rods(21) are securely attached to the inside surface of the arm (22).

[0021] The pin (30) is a threaded pin and longer than the width of thebase (10).

[0022] With reference to FIGS. 1 and 3, the pin (30) extends through theholes (211) and the pivoting holes (120) and is screwed with a nut, suchthat the support (20) is pivotally attached to the inside surface of thebracket (10) with the pin (30). When the support (20) is lowered so thatit is perpendicular to the body (11) and a wall to which the body ismounted, the free ends of the short portions (210) of the bent rods (21)will abut against the mounds (111). With the abutment between the shortportions (210) of the bent rods (21) and the mounds (111), the support(20) will be kept in a substantially horizontal level so that cloth ortowel hangers can be hung on the support (20) as shown in FIG. 5. Withreference to FIGS. 3 and 4, when the arm (20) is raised to besubstantially parallel to the body (11) and the wall, the short portions(210) are away from the domed protrusions (111), the support (20) can beabutted in place by the domed protrusions (121). Accordingly, the towelrail in accordance with the present invention can be reduced to minimumspace occupation.

[0023] With reference to FIG. 5, the towel rail in accordance with thepresent invention has larger arm (22) than the conventional one to hangmany towels and clothes hangers, and the arm (22) is arcuate so theclothes hangers mounted on the arm (22) do not touch the wall.Accordingly, the towel rail in accordance with the present inventioncould provide a practical quantity of clothes hangers or towels.

[0024] The invention may be varied in many ways by a person skilled inthe art. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from thespirit and scope of the invention, and all such modifications areintended to be included within the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A towel rail comprising a bracket, an arm and apin; the bracket having a body having multiple mounds with a bottomaligned with each other and two parallel ends; two end pieces integrallyform with the two parallel ends of the body; and a domed protrusionformed on each respective end piece; the support pivotally attached tothe bracket by the pin and having two bent rods each having a shortportion with a free end corresponding to one of the mounds on the body;and a long portion obliquely extended from the short portion; an armsecurely attached to the long portions; and the pin extending throughthe two end pieces and the short portions of the bent rods; wherein thefree end of the short portion of each bent rod abuts against the bottomof the corresponding mound when the support is lowered relative to thebracket, and the arm being held in place by the domed protrusions on theend pieces of the bracket when the support is raised relative to thebracket.
 2. The towel rail as claimed in claim 1, wherein the arm isarcuate.
 3. The towel rail as claimed in claim 1, wherein a hole isdefined through the short portion of each respective bent rod and athrough hole is defined through each end piece of the bracket and alignswith a corresponding one of the holes in bent rods of the support; andthe pin extends through the through holes in the end pieces of thebracket and the holes in the support to pivotally attach the support tothe bracket.